Planned Transportation Spending

Oregon

An examination Oregon’s 2010-2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program reveals that transit projects* account for the largest chunk of planned spending (33 percent). Two projects, a new light rail construction project between Portland and Milwaukie and the extension of the streetcar line in
Multnomah County, make up 11 percent of the transit component. Road maintenance/minor widening projects follow, at 21 percent of the planned expenditures. Bridge maintenance/replacement projects account for 11 percent of the spending. Projects categorized as “other,” which include administrative costs, research and planning for unspecified projects, as well as funds for future unspecified projects, also make up 11 percent. Safety projects and new road capacity projects each make up 8 percent, and bicycle/pedestrian projects 5 percent. Bridge capacity expansion projects account for 2 percent of the STIP, and road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) comprise 1 percent of the STIP.
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